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About Teresa Politano

Teresa Politano is the Editor of Edible Jersey magazine, winner in 2018 of a coveted IACP award. She is an award-winning journalist, author and adjunct professor at Rutgers University.

Politano is a former newspaper executive, directing ground-breaking news coverage and innovative design from a staff of idealistic and tenacious journalists. She has worked in New York City, Washington, D.C., and the Miami metropolitan market, with work published in the Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun, The Pittsburgh Press, NJ Monthly, The Star-Ledger and Inside Jersey.She is a member of the NJ Higher Education Leadership Council, and is pursuing her MFA at Vermont College of Fine Arts.

She is author of Single-Handed (TBA), and Celebrity Chefs of New Jersey (2010).

Appearances & Events

Wine & Words

A Creative Writing Excursion & Wine Tasting

At Mount Salem Vineyards

Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019

2:00-4:00 PM

Reserve at The Writers Circle

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Teresa Politano interviewed Ina Garten at the Count Basie Theatre to a sold-out crowd. Bobby Flay was another theatre guest, to another sold-out crowd, asked by Politano to disclose his most sexy dish and share memories of summers at the Jersey Shore.

Politano also is an annual judge for the International Chocolate Awards.

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